Liverpool Lime Street Low Level is a station on the Wirral Loop of Wirral Line between
Moorfields and
Liverpool Central. It is situated underneath the
mainline station.
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| Passengers disembark from Merseyrail 507 021 |
| Information |
| Type: |
National Rail (Merseyrail Wirral Line) |
| Station code: |
LVL |
| Opened: |
1977 |
| Platforms: |
1 |
The loop is a single track tunnel with trains (from the Wirral) first stopping at
Liverpool James Street before progressing clockwise around the loop to Moorfields, Lime Street, Liverpool Central and then back to James Street and then back under the Mersey [1].
Entrance to Liverpool Lime Street Low Level is via the main concourse in the mainline station above. The station is entirely underground including a ticket hall and a shop. The station is usually publicly referred to as just "Lime Street". The platform tunnel features the same grp (glass-reinforced polyester) cladding design as the other new stations on the loop [2]. The station is usually just referred to as Lime Street.
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| Station entrance |
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| Merseyrail 507 021 arrives at the station |
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| A Wirral Line map showing distance time |
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| 507 026 stands at the station |
[1] Chris Heaps, BR Diary 1968-1977 (Ian Allan, 1988) p. 114
[2] David Lawrence, British Rail Architecture 1948-97 (Crecy Publishing, 2018) p. 156
